Race length...

[enigma51]

Overseas top level racing is upwards of 15 laps per race. Of course they are running a max of maybe 5-6 classes, and generally have a race weekend where the qualifying is done on one day and the racing the next, sometimes with an open practice day before hand.

To be honest I dont think there is enough money in racing in NZ to make this viable. People would then atleast double their bill for the weekend with extra accomodation and meals etc and some of the classes aren't really big enough to justify running long races.

At the end of the day I think you'd need to find the balance between exciting (ie close, shorter?) racing and not being so long that all that's happen is the gaps between the placings are just growing such as what tends to happen in MotoGP/WSBK towards the end of long races.

how many laps do they do in india?

[Ivan]

It was good would have been good with one more but time is a factor so allgood,

You put race distance lengths up to high and also you start getting into the whole big bike tire wear making club racing go from cheap to expensive.

[slowpoke]

Err cause Motards race on the road to? and they are a class that has there own needs and requirements to.

I shouldn't start.....but considering that motards have their own race series I don't know why we need to have a separate class for 'em which sucks up precious time at pure road race meetings. Organising riders onto the grid and then off the course takes as long as a race in itself.
Nobody was backing it in at Taupo, so why not just stick 'em into the appropriate class like F3? The Sales guys on that XR500 monster seem to race more than OK against the road bikes in post classic.
I've got no problem with them racing, I just don't see why they have a separate class.
Then there is the joke of a motard course at Manfeild with it's 2 1/2 corners....